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(No Model.)

. G. A. SMITH.

4 CONDENSED MILK (JAN. No. 548,472. Patented 001;. 22, 1895.

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$PECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,472, dated October 22, 189 5.

Application filed May 14, 1895.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, CONSTANOE A. SMITH, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Oondensed-li'lilk Can, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved condensed-milk can which is simple and durable in construction, very ornamental in appearance, and arranged to enable the user to accurately measure one or more teaspoonfuls of condensed milk and to place the same in measured quantities conveniently into a cup or other receptacle without danger of soiling the can or cup, and obviating the use of a spoon for removing the milk from the can or pouring the same out of the can as now practiced.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then poi-nted out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 3. 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is an inverted plan view of a modified form of spring for the slide.

The condensed-milk can A, of metal or other suitable material, is provided with a handle B and legs O for conveniently placing the can on atable and raising the bottom a suitable distance above the table. The can A is provided with a removable top or cover D for-introducing the milk into the can from an ordinary condensed-milk can or jar.

In the bottom A of the can A is formed an opening A normally closed by a slide E, fitted to slide on the under side of the bottom A, in suitable guideways F, secured or formed on the under side of the said bottom A. The

slide E extends at one end to the side of the can A and is formed at its outer end with a suitable handle E, adapted to be taken hold of by the operator to pull the slide outward to uncover the opening A and permit part of Serial No. 549,281. (No model.)

the contents of the can to pass through the opening into a cup or other receptacle over which the can A is properly held by the user.

The outer projecting end of the slide E is engaged by the free end of a spring G, extending upwardly on the side of the can and attached thereto under a hood A as indicated in the drawings. A stop H in the shape of a staple or ring limits the outward movement of the spring G, and consequently the outward sliding of the slide E, to prevent the latter from being accidentally drawn out of the guideways. The form and arrangement of the spring may be varied. For instance, as shown in Fig. 4, I employ two small coiled springs G, arranged under the can-bottom A and attached at their forward ends to a crossbar E of the slide E, the said springs extending outside the guideways F to not obstruct the flow of the discharged milk.

Normally the slide E, when closed, rests against the cross-bar F of the guideways F, as plainly shown in Fig. 2. This cross-barF is recessed on the top to permit the inner end 'of the slide E to pass into the recess, so as to hold the slide in place and prevent any leakage of the contents of the can.

Now it will be seen that when the can is filled or partly filled with condensed milk and it is desired to place a spoonful of milk into a cup or other receptacle, then the operator simply takes hold of the handle 13 and holds the can over the cup or other receptacle with out being required to remove the cover D, and then pulls on the slide E to draw the latter outward to uncover the opening A and to permit a small amount of condensed milk to pass out of the uncovered opening below. The operator at once releases the slide E, so that the spring G returns the slide to its normal position, so as to close the opening A to cut off the contents of the can at the said open- The opening A is made of such a size that a single pull on the slide E will permit one teaspoonful of milk to pass from the can into the cup below. If two spoonfuls are desired, then the slideis pulled twice and immediately released again after each pull.

It will be seen that by the arrangement described the can need not be uncovered by removing the cover or lid D, and a spoon or similar article is not required to remove the desired quantity of milk from the can.

It will further be seen that by the arrangement described no soiling of the can or cup takes place, as the slide E cuts off the contents of the can without spilling the least bit and without any milkadhering or accumulating in the guideways.

It will be noticed that the slide maybe moved entirely clear of the outlet-opening, and that when the slide is in closed position 'it extendsat its outer end beyond the side of the can and has a free and unobstructed outward movement, whereby it may be readily withdrawn from the can. The spring-rod is held at one end to the can and loosely engages at its other endwith the slide, so that the latter may be applied to and removed from the can to facilitate cleansing. The stop H engages with the spring-rod between its ends, whereby to limitthe full-length flexion of the spring-rod and so stop the normal opening of the slide, at the same time permitting the lower portion of the spring-rod to be so bent as to permit the Withdrawal and insertion of the slide, such operation facilitating the thora free and unobstructed outward movement whereby it may be readily Withdrawn from the can and the spring rod held at one end to the can and loosely engaging at its other end with the slide whereby the latter may be applied and detached and a stop engaging with said spring rod between its ends whereby to limit the full length flexion of said spring rod, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

CON STANCE A. SMl'lH. Witnesses:

DAVID H. FOWLER, ARDEN A. SMITH. 

